The Eurasian Knot
The Eurasian Knot
To many, Russia, and the wider Eurasia, is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. But it doesn’t have to be. The Eurasian Knot dispels the stereotypes and myths about the region with lively and informative interviews on Eurasia’s complex past, present, and future. New episodes drop weekly with an eclectic mix of topics from punk rock to Putin, and everything in-between. Subscribe on your favorite podcasts app, grab your headphones, hit play, and tune in. Eurasia will never appear the same. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jul 27, 2019 • 50min
Rasputin, the Man and the Myth (Rebroadcast)
Guest: Doug Smith on Rasputin: Faith, Power, and the Twilight of the Romanovs.The post Rasputin, the Man and the Myth (Rebroadcast) appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 19, 2019 • 32min
The Evictors
Around Moscow, there’s a whole industry of so-called “black creditors” — microfinance institutions (or MFOs) that swindle and seize debtors’ homes. Ivan Golunov’s investigation for Meduza has discovered that almost 500 apartments have been seized from their owners over the past five years without so much as a court order. In fact, this scheme involves more than simply “squeezing” people from their homes. It is possibly part of a wider, international money-laundering system. Here’s Meduza special correspondent Ivan Golunov on the ins and outs of this industry.The post The Evictors appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 13, 2019 • 57min
Russians on Trump (Rebroadcast)
Guest: Laurence Bogoslaw on Russians on Trump: Press Coverage and Commentary published by Eastview. The post Russians on Trump (Rebroadcast) appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 5, 2019 • 53min
Gender and Electoral Self-Polishing in Mongolia
Manduhai Buyandelger’s keynote address “Self-Polishing and Electoral Selves: Elections and the New Economies of Democratization in Postsocialist Mongolia” given at the 2019 Annual Soyuz Symposium.The post Gender and Electoral Self-Polishing in Mongolia appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 30, 2019 • 51min
Russian Revolutionary Postcards
Guest: Tobie Mathew on Greetings From The Barricades: Revolutionary Postcards in Imperial Russia published by Four Corners Books.The post Russian Revolutionary Postcards appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 21, 2019 • 52min
Eisenstein’s Ivan the Terrible
Guest: Joan Neuberger on This Thing of Darkness: Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible in Stalin's Russia published by Cornell University Press.The post Eisenstein’s Ivan the Terrible appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 14, 2019 • 51min
Soviet Anti-Americanism
Guest: Rósa Magnúsdóttir on Enemy Number One: The United States of America in Soviet Ideology and Propaganda, 1945-1959 published by Oxford University Press.The post Soviet Anti-Americanism appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 7, 2019 • 59min
Stalin’s Short Course
Guest: David Brandenberger on Stalin's Master Narrative: A Critical Edition of the History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks), Short Course published by Yale University Press.The post Stalin’s Short Course appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 31, 2019 • 47min
The Stories Polish Secret Police Files Tell Us
Guest: Anna Krakus on the stories Polish police files tell us.The post The Stories Polish Secret Police Files Tell Us appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 21, 2019 • 14min
“The Reddest of the Blacks”
For the past several months, I've been researching the life of Lovett Fort-Whiteman. Here's a short film I made about his eventual arrest and death in Stalinist Russia.The post “The Reddest of the Blacks” appeared first on The Eurasian Knot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
